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Agrius
Agrius cingulata (Fabricius, 1775)
Agrius cingulata drinking nectar from Habenaria gourlieana (Orchidaceae)
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
- Argentina
- Buenos Aires
- Catamarca
- Chaco
- Córdoba
- Corrientes
- Entre Ríos
- Formosa
- Jujuy
- La Pampa
- La Rioja
- Mendoza
- Misiones
- Neuquén
- Río Negro
- Salta
- San Juan
- San Luis
- Santa Fe
- Santiago del Estero
- Tucumán
- Uruguay
Other distribution
- Agrius cingulata var. ypsilon-nigrum Bryk, 1953
- Herse cingulata pallida Closs, 1917
- Herse cingulata tukurine Lichy, 1943
- Sphinx affinis Goeze, 1780
- Sphinx cingulata Fabricius, 1775
- Sphinx cingulata var. decolora Edwards, 1882
- Sphinx druraei Donovan, 1810
- Sphinx pungens Eschscholtz, 1821
The larvae can cause damage to sweet potato crops.
Important pollinator of native plant species with long flowers.
Records of adults have been reported in Chubut, Santa Cruz and the Malvinas Islands.
Important pollinator of native plant species with long flowers.
Records of adults have been reported in Chubut, Santa Cruz and the Malvinas Islands.
Caterpillar host plants: Annonaceae, Asteraceae, Convolvulaceae, Solanaceae.
Nectar plants: Erythrostemon gilliesii (Fabaceae), Habenaria gourlieana (Orchidaceae), Nicotiana sylvestris (Solanaceae).
Nectar plants: Erythrostemon gilliesii (Fabaceae), Habenaria gourlieana (Orchidaceae), Nicotiana sylvestris (Solanaceae).
- BENTANCUR-VIGLIONE MG. 2010. Lista de Sphingidae del Uruguay (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, 38: 305-309.
- MORÉ M, KITCHING IJ, COCUCCI AA. 2014. Lepidoptera: Sphingidae. In: Roig-Junent S, Claps LE, Morrone JJ, eds. Biodiversidad de Artrópodos Argentinos. Tucumán, Argentina: Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, cap. 4, pp 281–295.
- JANZEN DH. 2021. Caterpillars, pupae, butterflies & moths. Área de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG), northwestern Costa Rica. http://janzen.sas.penn.upenn.edu./index.html/, [22 March 2021]
- KITCHING IJ. 2021. Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory, http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/, [3 March 2021].
